Device for holding meat.



[NI/ENTOR 1 l. a I k n W ES by means FREDERICK BEICGS, or wAsHInsroN, nIs'rEicfr 0E CoLmvIEIA.

DEVICE ECE HonnI-NCMEAT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

noiinss. Patented Navia, i912.-

Appiicauon feed June i7, 1912. serial No. 704,197.

the `opposite side edgesof The Aears of the hinges, the outer side of 0the i vide a Vsmooth wall forV the inner side o the receptacle, one of said hinges, as 11a, also forming a stop for the operating-lever To all' whom tt may concern.; ,k y

Be it known that l, FREDERICK Beides, a citizen of Y,he United States, residing at Washington, in the District of Columbia, have invented a Device for Holding Meat, of which the following is a specification.

The principal object of my present inof .the `clamping device hereinafter devention is to provide a device for the con-` scribed. venience of a retail merchant in dispensing By forming` the receptacle of longitudinal sections as herein shown and described the opposite sections 9 and 10 may be swung back, as shown in Fig. 2, so that the roll of meat may be placed in the trough-like section 6, and then said sections 9-10 folded upon the meat to inclose and protect the saine-#the end sections 10, 10, overlapping each other to a more or less extent, according to the size of the roll. Any suitable means may be employed for locking orV clamping the folding sections upon the meat, so that it may be firmly held within the receptacle, especially during the operation of cutting slicesfrom the projecting end of the meat.

In the presen instance the clamping device consists of a plate 12 pivoted to the overlapping section 10, and a cam-lever 13 pivotedto one of the opposite sections, said cam-lever having a pin 14, which engages any one of a series of perforations or holes 15 in the aforesaid pivoted plate. rlhe camlever is preferably pivoted to the section 9v immediately below the hinge 11, so 4that the latter will form a stop for the lever whenthe latter is thrown horizontal position, as shown in Fig.. 1, andv it will be noted that when said lever-'f is thrown to this position a line between the pin, 14 and pivot-point, 16, .of theplate will pass at, that side of the pivot-point 17 of the lever toward the handle 1S thereof, therefore the tension on the lever will e upward toward the stop. When the lever is thrown downward to the position shown meats, especially cooked hams, whereby the meat is inclosed in a receptacle for protec-, tion and the receptacle employed also ,forl the purpose of firmly gripping or holding the meat or ham during the@ operation of cutting slices from the same, so that the merchant is not required to place his hands upon the meat.

in the present instance my invention consists of a receptacle or cylinder composed of sections which may be opened or separated to receive the meat, in connection with means for clamping said sections upon the meat when closed thereon.

My invention further consists in the particular construction of the receptacle or cylinder, and in the particular construction o the means employed for clamping the same upon the meat, all as hereinafter fully described and specifically set forth in the appended claims.

ln the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of a device for holding meat, constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. Q is an end view, with the parts or sections of the receptacle or cylinder opened to receive the meat; Fig. 3 is a detail side elevation, to show the operation of the clamping means. Fig. 4: is a transverse sectional view, on the line of Fig. 1. p

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures of the drawings.

lin carrying out my invention I employ an open-end receptacle of such construction that the meat in bulk may be readily placed in Fig. 3 the tension on the plate 12 is retherein, and for this purpose said recep. lieved and said plate may be easily released tacle is preferably made up of several lon from the pin 14:, and the sections opened.

gitudinal sections hingedly connected so that The device is especially adapted for that class of'meat or hams which are cooked rand compressed in cylindrical cooking vessels, and is adjustable to rolls of different sizes. Both ends of the receotacle are preferably open, so nthat after the roll of meat is clamped therein it may be pushed out at either end for the purpose of cutting off slices, and in this operation the end of the may be opened out to receive the meat and when folded thereon will easily conform to the size of the roll of meat. 1n the present instance the receptacle is composed o five longitudinal sections, the central section 6 being secured to a base or board 7 of feet 8, and the other sections 10, 10, hinged together and to they 9, 9, and

said center section. 11,v are disposed at sections so as to pro-L to a substantially I said llo-ngitudinal receptacle will form a guide for the knife so that the slices will be cut evenly.

n important feature of this invention is the fact that the hinges which join the lon` a trough-shaped section of spring sheet gitudinal sections to the central section are continuous. This prevents the meat from lsl eing caught or clamped between the edges of the longitudinal sections and the central section, so that when the sections are locked together th may be readily other, and means for locking the overlapof the longitudinal sections which are made preferably of sheet metal will spring away fro-1n the meat, thereby enabling the latter to be readily removed or adjusted into a better cutting position.

aving described my invention, I claim: l. A device for holding meat, comprising the meat.

Iii a device for holding meat, a plurality of sections arranged to fold upon the by said nal sectio-ns hinged to fold the ears of one .of the h lainping means for connecting the opposite hinged members in the opposite direction to expand sections, said means engaging the projecting and hold the sections away from the meat. inge-ears to lock the hinged sections to- 7. In a device for holding meat, a central gether. portion, a foldab said central portion, said side sections being arranged to fold upon the meat, a pivoted fastening member carried by eacl vided with a series of holes, and a cam-lever he receptacle at one side of the aforesaid-hinge-ears and having a pin with plate engages.

reverse movement of the handle expanding which the pivoted the foldabl dition.

8. In a device for holding meat, a centi-al portion, a foldable section on each side of said central portion, said side sections being arranged to fold upon the meat, a pivoted fastening member carried by each one of said sections, said pivo-ted fastening meinbeing pivotally connected together, a handle carried by one of said pivoted fastening members, ,ing members while connected in one direcsaid central portion, said g arranged to fold upon the meat so that the outer ends of the sections will overlap each other, and means for locking the overlapping sections.

over portions at its edges constituting hinge members, a longitudinal section on each side of said central section having bent over portions constituting ranged to alternate of said central portion, ing the hinge members tions and said. longitudinal side ranged to fold upon th outer ends of the sections will the meat, and the movement expanding and away from the of said pivotal members being adjustable to vary the extent of movement of the foldable sections.

FREDERICK BRIGGS. In presence of` Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

